The Bey, the mufti and the scattered pearls : Shari'a and political leadership in Tunisia's Age of Reform -1800-1864

The Bey, the mufti and the scattered pearls : Shari'a and political

leadership in Tunisia's Age of Reform -1800-1864

Haven, Elisabeth Cornelia van der

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Haven, E. C. van der. (2006, October 26). The Bey, the mufti and the scattered pearls : Shari'a

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171 glossary

abd, slave

Abode of Felicity, the Court of the Ottoman Sultan bāsh agha, military commander

bāsh mufti, chief mufti

bey, Ottoman, originally non-military title for the tax collecting functionary, later title for the Tunisian political rulers

chechia, Tunisian bonnet

Dār al-arb, the Abode of War, territory not governed by Islamic law Dār al-Islām, the Abode of Peace, territory governed by Islamic law dey, Ottoman military title

fasād, corrupt

fatwa, a legal opinion issued by a jurisconsult, a mufti fuqahā (sing.faqīh), legal scholars, jurists

fiqh, Islamic jurisprudence

firman, ferman, edict of the Ottoman Sultan

adīth, report or Tradition of the Prophet or other early authorities ākim, non- sharī
a judge

udūd(sing. add), fixed penalties for crimes mentioned in the Qur#ān ijāza, diploma, license to teach

ijtihād, independent legal reasoning

ikhtilāf, difference of opinion among legal scholars

imām, a leader in prayer; founding father of one of the four schools of law; head of state. Janissaries, soldiers of the Sultan’s guard

kātib al-sirr, private secretary khaznadār, treasurer

madhhab, school of law

madrasa, educational institution, college

maalla, tour of inspection, also for the purpose of tax collecting majlis al-sharī
, High Religious Council

172 mullā, mollā, religious scholar

ousfane, slave

pācha, provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire qāid, district governor, governor in general

qā&ī, sharī
a judge risāla, treatise

"āib al-'ābi
, guardian of the seal

shaykh, elder, chief of a tribe or village; title for a religious leader; Sufi master shaykh al-islām, highest religious functionary

Sunna, the exemplary behavior of the Prophet sūq, market

'ariqa, Sufi brotherhood ta
zīr, deterrence

ulamā (sing.
ālim), Muslim scholars umma, the worldwide Muslim community
urf, customary law